Recorded Music To Be Used For Fosse Shows

A digital recording will provide the music for the national tour of Fosse this month at the Kravis and Broward centers, according to SFX Theatricals CEO Steve Winton.

The sound will be similar to what audiences experienced during final performances of The Phantom of the Opera in mid-December, Winton said.

The American Federation of Musicians' Miami Local 655 struck SFX Theatricals' Broadway Series in South Florida in late November after year-long negotiations reached a stalemate. Musicians are seeking pay and pension increases.

Fosse opens at the Kravis in West Palm Beach Tuesday through Sunday, and moves to the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale Jan. 9-21.

Since the strike began, Fiddler on the Roof at the Kravis substituted twin pianos for an orchestra, and Cinderella at Miami Beach's Jackie Gleason Theater went on with non-union musicians from out of the area.

Fosse will have the show's singers and dancers accompanied karaoke-style by a digital recording.

More advanced than tape, digital recordings can be adjusted during performances to meet the pace of the singers on stage.

Carroll Theatre opens as art movie house

The Fort Lauderdale Film Festival begins a regular series of movie bookings at its new home in the Vinnette Carroll Theatre on Thursday, officially christening its art house operation as Cinema Paradiso.

Although the festival held several screenings at the theater in recent months, executive director Gregory von Hausch says the Jan. 4-10 run of Les Cachetonneurs marks Cinema Paradiso's official opening.

The building retains Carroll's name.

Les Cachetonneurs is part of the festival's annual French Series, a monthly series coproduced with the Children of the French Cinema (which selects the films) and Alliance Francais.

The theater is at 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, one block east of the county courthouse.

Tickets are $7, $5 for film festival members and at senior matinees. Call 954-525-3456 or go to www.fliff.com for information.